How do you pronounce felly?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛli/.

Where does felly come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

felly

/ˈfɛli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: fel-ly
IPA: /ˈfɛli/

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Meaning

noun

The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.

noun

Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.

adv

Fiercely, harshly.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele […]"
"The felly harshed against the curbstone: stopped."
"Ioues dreaded thunder light / Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste / In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste."

Etymology

From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fely, felg, *felgō, *pl̥ǵʰ-, felly
Suffix: fell

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

fellies (plural) felloe (alternative) fellick (alternative, dialectal) felk (alternative, dialectal) more felly (comparative) most felly (superlative)

Synonyms

felloe